KTM Racing News Sunday August 14‏

Young
motocross riders from Spain, Latvia, Italy, Brazil and France were on
the podium in Cingoli Italy this weekend after clean sweeping the 65 cm
category and taking 1-3 result in the 85 cc class of the FIM Junior
Motocross World Championships.

The
action kicked off with the 65 cc class for boys 10-12 year-old and it
was a clear decision for 10-year-old Jorge Prado Garcia of Spain who won
both motos for the maximum of 50 points and is a worthy world champion.
Jorge also laid down the fastest lap time on Saturday and went into the
races as one of the favorites. Enzo Lopes of Brazil was second with a
4-2 result while Italian rider Riccardo Lauretti was on the podium in
third who finished with a 3-4 result. All three were riding KTM bikes.

Jorge
Prado Garcia: “I am happy to be the world champion. The track was hard
for me but in the end it was pretty nice. I tried to be one of the best
and for the future I would like to move up to 85 cc.” The young 65 cc
World champion also plans to compete in the European championships in
Bulgaria.

World
Championship honors in the 85 cc class for boys 11-14 years went to
Latvian rider Pauls Jonass, 14, who had a 1-2 moto result for his title
on his KTM. French KTM rider Thomas Do, who scored a 2-3 moto result,
joined him on the podium in third place.

Pauls
Jonass: “The race was fun. I was able to win the first moto and in the
second I had a good speed and I finished second. The track here was good
but it was difficult, but I liked the jump – it was like a SX track. I
thought I might be able to win the world championship before the race
and so did my family and we made it! Now I plan to ride in the 125
European Championship.” Pauls also currently leads the ADAC MX Junior
Cup competition by a margin of 49-points after four of six race
weekends. 

Around
200 ambitious young riders from 39 different countries, among them many
onboard KTM machines, made the journey to the Italian circuit for their
world championship in the small bike categories.  The
competition presents a preview of future talent that may graduate to
senior international competition and among the list of former World
Junior Champions are KTM’s teenage factory riders Ken Roczen of Germany
and Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings.

65 cc Results (10 – 12 years old)

1, Jorge Prado Garcia, Spain, KTM (World Champion)

2, Enzo Lopes, Brazil, KTM

3, Riccardo Lauretti, Italy, KTM

4, Tamur Talviku, Estonia, KTM

5, Lawrence Hunter Australia, KTM

Other KTM

6, Jakub Teresak, Czech Republic, KTM

7, Alexander Brown, UK, KTM

8, Oliver Mahr, Austria, KTM

9, Andrea Zanotti, SMR, KTM

10, Gabriel Jairala, USA, KTM

65 Manufacturers’ Standings

1, KTM 50

2, Kawasaki 0

85 cc Results (11 – 14 years old)

1, Pauls Jonass, Latvia, KTM (World Champion)

2, Chase Bell, USA, Kawasaki

3, Thomas Do, France, KTM

4, Ben Watson, UK, KTM

5, Corentin Perolari, France KTM

Other KTM

6, Kade Walker-Tinkler, Canada, KTM

7, Volodymyr Tarasov, Ukraine, KTM

85 Manufacturers’ Standings

1, KTM 47

2, Kawasaki 45

3, Suzuki 25

125 cc Results (13 – 17 years old)

1, Joseph Savatgy, USA, Suzuki

2, Jeremy Seewer, Switzerland, Suzuki

3, Chris Aldredge, USA, Yamaha

4, James Dunn, UK, KTM

5, Damon Graulus, Belgium, KTM

Other KTM

6, Tim Gajser, Slovenia, KTM

8, Luca Moroni, Italy, KTM

10, Calvin Vlaanderen, Republic of South Africa, KTM

11, Alessio Della Mora, Italy, KTM

125 Manufacturers’ Standings

1, Suzuki 47

2, KTM 43

3, Yamaha 35